First Presbyterian Church

Founded October 8, 1809 by Abijah Warren

Third church organized in Old Bath Presbytery.

Marker is at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Church Avenue on Maple Avenue.

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First Presbyterian Church

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The Presbyterians were granted one of the original church lots in the 1828 Columbus plan. It was on the North side of Chapel St. between Second and Third Avenues. The fourteen charter members, received in 1830, were: Edward ...

Independent Presbyterian Church

Founded 1915

The church was founded when the Rev. Henry M. Edmonds and many members of a Southern Presbyterian congregation withdrew from the local Presbytery. During the first seven years it met in Temple Emanu-El synagogue and held evening services in ...

Indiantown Presbyterian Church: “Disarm in the Most Rigid Manner

After Francis Marion’s initial victories in August and early September 1780, British military authorities in South Carolina moved to eliminate the threat of an insurgency in Williamsburg District. Lord Cornwallis ordered Maj. James Wemyss to sweep through the area with ...

Huntersville Jail / Presbyterian Church

Huntersville JailHuntersville was the county seat of Pocahontas, 1821-1891. Jail was built about 1878 of white Medina sandstone and considered almost an escape-proof structure. It was used until county seat was moved to Marlinton in 1891.

Presbyterian ChurchThe Huntersville Presbyterian Church ...

Lancasterville Presbyterian Church

This congregation was organized May 5, 1835. Its first minister was James H. Thornwell, who later headed SC College in Columbia. The Gothic Revival building was dedicated 1862 and entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The ...

Falling Spring Presbyterian Church

The oldest congregation in the Fincastle Presbytery, the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, was organized before 1748. The Hanover Presbytery met here in October, 1780. The present Gothic Revival church was constructed of slave-made brick during the Civil War. At the ...

Richland Presbyterian Church

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This church building was dedicated in May 1884 by Dr. John L. Girardeau. The congregation of 11 members, including 2 elders and 1 deacon, was organized on the Sabbath Day, November 16, 1883 by the Charleston Presbytery. In ...

Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Monument

Organized 1755 by Scotch-Irish

[Marker Front]

The first church in upper So. Car. This 4½ acre tract was deeded to the congregation by Robert Miller school teacher and minister, Mar.9, 1758. The first pastor was Rev. Wm. Richardson, 1759-1771. The earliest building ...

Waxhaw Presbyterian Church

About 3 miles W. is Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, organized 1755, first church in upper South Carolina. President Andrew Jackson, born nearby, was baptized there. His father lies in the churchyard with other early settlers of the Waxhaws and many veterans ...